UK customers can now order Mazda’s new CX-7 sports crossover, which will be available from UK dealers in September.
Sheffield-based Gilder Group has opened the doors to its new Volkswagen Van Centre this week.
Chrysler Group UK has appointed Jon Wakefield as it new director of sales.
GAZ Group, the Russian van maker and owner of LDV, has appointed Andy Carroll, ex-boss of Chevrolet UK, to head up its international sales division.
The Office of Fair Trading has cleared Inchcape’s acquisition of European Motor Holdings after accepting undertakings for the deal.
Leeds-based Tate Accident Repair Centre has reported increased bodyshop efficiency levels after completing an on-site training programme with Tri-Sphere, the bodyshop equipment specialist.
Collapsed car supermarket chain Carshock is being investigated over the ‘disappearance of a significant number of vehicles’.
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Autoquake, the UK consumer remarketing company, has acquired a larger site in Leeds to help fuel its business expansion plans.
BearingPoint, the management and technology consultant, has launched a new book of automotive statistics to help raise money for BEN, the automotive charity.
Euro NCAP has urged all car manufacturers to fit electronic stability control (ESC) as standard to all models in the UK.
Audi is considering a limited production run for its TT clubsport quattro study, which it revealed for the first time today.
Nissan’s Sunderland plant has started exporting its second model to Japan in the space of just 10 weeks.
With diesels accounting for 95% of all Land Rover sales in Britain, how long will it be before the firm ditches petrol models altogether in its home market?
London Saab and Triumph dealer North City has proven itself as an award winning business with both franchises.
The total number of new cars financed in March remained at a similar level to the same month a year ago.
European new car sales fell by 1.8% in April to 22,742 units compared to the same month last year.
Ford's Dagenham factory is on target to produce an annual output of 1,000,000 engines by 2009 due to the introduction of two new diesel engines.
Rob Whalley, ex-managing director of Experian’s automotive division, has joined MSX International as its new MD for northern Europe.
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions.
Ford is reportedly planning to drop its Fiesta city car name because the next generation model is such a departure from the current one.
JCT600, the Yorkshire-based car dealer group, has reported sales increases of up to 20%, due to a new sales management system.
Four UK Toyota Centres were winners at 2007 Toyota Ichiban European Customer Satisfaction Awards at a ceremony in Venice, Italy.
Mazda, which now has 18 dealers in Scotland, has increased first quarter sales by 24% north of the border.
Ex-fleet vehicles are not selling at auction because many fleet operators insist on inappropriately high reserve prices, according to the Society of Motor Auctions (SMA), a part of the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMIF).
Ricardo plc, the engineering technology provider, has appointed ex-General Motors Powertain director of global planning, Dean Harlow, as its new president for its US subsidiary.
Renault's new Scenic Conquest compact MPV, first unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, is now available to order in the UK before it goes on sale in June.
DaimlerChrysler will sell a majority stake in Chrysler to Cerberus Capital Management, a branch of US private equity firm Cerberus.
Nissan’s Sunderland plant has sold part of its site to fund investment in a new £4.5 million parts logistics centre.
Vauxhall has revealed first details of its new Agila city car which goes on sale next spring.
